Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1794419 Journal of Crystal Growth 2009 5 Pages PDF
Abstract

Seed crystals of ammonium aluminum sulfate ((NH4)Al(SO4)2··12H2O) were grown in aqueous solution by cooling. The temperature of a crystallizer was lowered with no control by circulating cooling water through the jacket. It fell in an exponential manner. The effects of seed amount and size on the product crystal size distribution were examined. The product crystals obtained were of narrow and uni-modal size distribution with suppressed secondary nucleation if seed crystals were loaded more than a critical value. The critical value was determined and well compared with previously reported values for other material systems. This crystallization technique does not need any prior knowledge of the kinetics of crystal growth and nucleation. It is simple and robust, and can be easily applied to an existing crystallizer without installing any additional control systems.

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